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Russia said on Tuesday it had put US President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other top officials on a "stop list" that bars them from entering the country. Stay with TOI for the lat...READ MORE UPDATES ALL KEY EVENTS 11:48 (IST) Mar 16 US President Joe Biden will make his first visit to Europe since Russia invaded Ukraine to discuss the crisis with NATO allies next week, the White House said. 11:17 (IST) Mar 16 Group of Seven to hold meeting over Russia, Japan finmin says The Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations will hold an online meeting after 1200 GMT to discuss Russia's actions in Ukraine, Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Wednesday. Suzuki, who made the comment in parliament, did not specify whether the meeting would be held among G7's financial leaders or other representatives. 10:46 (IST) Mar 16 Russia steps up assaults as Ukraine appeals for more help Russia escalated its bombardment of the Ukrainian capital and launched new assaults on the port city of Mariupol, making bloody advances on the ground as Ukraine's president prepared Wednesday to make a direct appeal for more help in a rare speech by a foreign leader to the US Congress. READ FULL STORY 10:34 (IST) Mar 16 NATO fears Russia might use chemical weapons in 'false flag' attack in Ukraine The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) is concerned that Russia may use chemical weapons in a 'false flag' attack in Ukraine, the alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday. READ FULL STORY 10:02 (IST) Mar 16 US Senate unanimously condemns Putin as war criminal The US Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal, a rare show of unity in the deeply divided Congress. The resolution, introduced by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and backed by senators of both parties, encouraged the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague and other nations to target the Russian military in any investigation of war crimes committed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine. READ FULL STORY 09:39 (IST) Mar 16 Devout Jews in Ukraine stay to pray and await 'apocalypse' In a synagogue in the western Ukrainian city of Uman, two people are worshipping in the cold and darkness. They carefully lay down their "tefillin" prayer boxes before heading into another room for the morning service, where their voices compete with the sound of air raid sirens outside. 08:58 (IST) Mar 16 Ukrainian officials have raised hopes the war could end sooner than expected, possibly by May, saying Moscow may be coming to terms with its failure to impose a new government by force and running out of fresh troops. 08:34 (IST) Mar 16 Russia's war in Ukraine may 'fundamentally alter' global economic, political order, says IMF Russia's invasion of Ukraine will affect the entire global economy by slowing growth and jacking up inflation, and could fundamentally reshape the global economic order in the longer term, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday. READ FULL STORY 08:27 (IST) Mar 16 Peace talks more 'realistic', says Ukraine president Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday peace talks were sounding more realistic but more time was needed, as Russian air strikes killed five people in the capital Kyiv and the refugee tally from Moscow's invasion reached 3 million. 08:10 (IST) Mar 16 Russia says it would pull out of the Council of Europe as pressure mounts for Moscow to be expelled from the pan-European rights body over its invasion of Ukraine. BEST PRICE OFFERS Slide 1 of 15 Prestige IRIS Plus 750 watt mixer grinder Prestige IRIS Plus 750 watt mixer grinder 3249 6195(48% Off) Logo BUY Symphony Diet 12T Personal Tower Air Cooler for Home with Honeycomb Pad Powerful Blower i-Pure Technology and Low Power Consumption 12L White Symphony Diet 12T Personal Tower Air Cooler for Home with Honeycomb Pad, Powerful Blower, i-Pure Technology and Low Power Consumption (12L, White) 5590 6799(18% Off) Logo BUY ASUS ROG Strix G17 2021 173-inch 4394 cms FHD 144Hz AMD Ryzen 7 4800H GTX 1650 4GB Graphics Gaming Laptop 8GB512GB SSDWindows 10Gray24 Kg G713IH-HX020T